Wei Ni

Chapter 6
Xia Houhui, who was on duty after Hugh Mu, continued to read and entertain himself in the palace without doing anything. It was not until the third day that he was told that he could go to accompany the emperor.

At that time, he was just before sitting on the desk, devoting himself to studying military literature, when he suddenly heard the sound of footsteps coming down the ladder.

This surprised him greatly.

Obviously, he has been staying in the building for nearly an hour, but he didn't know that Yisanqi often waited on the compound building.

He also got up quickly and followed the sound, only to see a man in a crimson suit, wearing a martial crown, with a beryl jade walking down the stairs. 【Note 1】

He is not considered majestic, his body is only seven feet tall, and he has passed his thirties, his face is quite kind, his demeanor is calm, his eyes are light, and his elegance is not obvious.

Xia Houhui knew that the four regular attendants on loose riders were Cao Shuang, Cao Zhao, Liu Shao and Wang Su.

Among them, Cao Shuang has long been promoted to the captain of the city gate, and the permanent servant has become a temporary post, and he is not usually around the emperor; Cao Zhao is very beautiful, and Xia Houhui met him in the early years, and he can recognize him now.

But whether the person in front of him was Liu Shao or Wang Su, he couldn't tell the difference.

Before Xia Houhui could salute, the man nodded at him, walked out without stopping, and greeted him loudly, "Zhiquan, Your Majesty had something to say yesterday, asking me to take you to accompany him."

"only."

Hastily clapping his hands in response, Xia Houhui tidied up the sundries on the table in twos and twos, and followed suit.

"May I ask what your honorable title is?"

After leaving the building, he held the ceremony to ask questions, and said shamelessly, "I'm ashamed. In my early years, I rarely made friends with others, and I have been away from Luoyang for several years. I am already like a countryman, who has eyes that don't recognize a good man in this world."

"Hey, I don't want Zhizhiquan to not recognize me!"

The man paused slightly, and his eyes were full of surprise when he looked sideways, "I am Wang Su. Although Zhiquan is closed to study and doesn't care about world affairs, he should have heard it from his family, right?"

Immediately, Xia Houhui knew where his surprise came from.

Wang Su, courtesy name Ziyong, was born in Donghai County.

Therefore, the eldest son of Situ Wanglang, who had studied under the great Confucian Song Zhong, is recognized as a well-educated person in the world.

As early as the Huangchu period when Cao Pi was in power, he served as a Sanqi servant. Now, after his father Wang Lang died last year, the emperor Cao Rui promoted him to be a Sanqi regular servant.What surprised him was that his successor was the Xiahou family, but not from the Xiahouyuan family.

At the feet of the emperor, there are many nobles and dragons and fishes.

Whether they are meritorious or noble, or fortunate enough to be treacherous, they can always have a vague relationship with each other.

In ordinary times, they can ignore each other.

But not knowing people face to face is a kind of humiliation.

"So it's Brother Ziyong."

Xia Houhui smiled wryly, and quickly confessed, "Brother got married, I happened to be studying in Qiao County, my hometown. It happened to be the time for the family to celebrate and have fun, so I didn't have time to rush back to Luoyang to have a banquet. Now I'm not in front of my brother. Brother Zhi, I am really ashamed, and I hope you will forgive me."

"No problem."

In this regard, Wang Su waved his hand and smiled, "I am also plain-tempered, You Xijing, and I seldom make friends on weekdays. If I didn't know that Wei Zhiquan has been designated as a loose rider, I wouldn't know who you are."

This person not only has an extraordinary bearing, but also has a rare and sincere temperament.

If I ask about the taboos of serving in the palace because of the fetters of relatives, would he be willing to tell me?
Involuntarily, Xia Houhui's heart skipped a beat.

It's not that he is busy, he has a utilitarian heart in dealing with people and things.

But out of the caution of accompanying a king like a tiger.

Before entering the post, his elder brother Xia Houheng had privately instructed that the emperor Cao Rui was a bit extreme because of the death of his biological mother, Empress Zhen, and Wei Wen Cao Pi's intention to be easy to store; He punished and killed his attendants, demoted his assistants with selfish hatred, etc., so that he should be cautious in his words and deeds after taking office to avoid offending the scales.

Coincidentally, Wang Su has served in the palace ban for many years.

Moreover, he was just promoted by the Emperor Cao Rui from Sanqi Servant to Sanqi Regular Servant, so he is Xia Houhui's best candidate for consultation.

However, it is also a big taboo for close ministers to beak the emperor's words and deeds in private.

If Xia Houhui wanted Wang Su to tell him in detail, he still had to think carefully about his words and find a good time.

Just when his mind was tossing, Wang Su, who was walking forward slowly, suddenly stopped and turned around, twisting his beard with one hand, and looked Xia Houhui up and down.

And there was a ray of novelty in his eyes, as if an elder who likes to talk about people is examining a young man.

Is it because I don't look neat?
Or, when the emperor asked him to lead me to accompany him, did he let him examine my words and deeds?

This also made Xia Houhui secretly surprised. Just as he was about to ask a question, Wang Su suddenly smiled and said, "Young Quan is the descendant of our Wei Guoyuan. As a servant of Sanqi, it is inevitable to be a pillar of the country in the future! Yesterday, I heard that the servants in the palace gossip in private, and Yan Boquan said that you are already old enough to be appreciated by the elders, and that you are a female wife.

uh~
This is really not a rumor~
Suddenly, Xia Houhui felt a headache.

His elder brother was really decisive in doing things, he only mentioned it two days ago, and the rumors were released yesterday, waiting for a courtier with a woman of the right age at home to take the initiative to contact him.

As for why Jiang Taigong used the passive method of fishing and taking the bait~
Although the current Xiahou family is a holy family member, Yulong, but they are not from a noble family, and there is no one who occupies the position of important minister, and their status in the court has already declined.

Therefore, Xia Houheng felt that if he took the initiative to find the Gongqing's house, he might be humiliating himself.

But he felt unwilling to condescend to find his in-laws who were not of high family status.

In any case, his sixth younger brother Xia Houhui had already been designated as the Minister of Sanqi, and he was a close minister of the emperor. In the future, he might not be able to be appreciated by the emperor and make the family one of the best wealthy families in the state of Wei again.

Furthermore, he felt that marriage should be a boost to his official career!

How could he find a family with a low family background and a high reputation, so that Xia Houhui would have no help in his official career?

Under such considerations, it is a compromise to see if there is a public official who pays attention to Xia Houhui's intention to ask for a wife first.

Anyway, Xia Houhui himself has no intention of marrying a wife, so he might as well give it a try.

"Brother Ziyong laughed."

Sighing quietly in his heart, the smile on Xia Houhui's face was like a spring breeze, "This matter is not a myth, my elder brother mentioned it at home a few days ago. It's just that I have no intention of starting a family myself."

"Oh, why?"

Hearing this, Wang Su raised his eyebrows slightly, and stretched out his hand forward to signal the two to talk as they walked, "It's only natural for a boy to get married and a girl to get married. Why didn't you follow what your brother said?"

When the words fell, before Xia Houhui could answer, he joked again, "Could it be that the young Quan has the ambition of Huo Qubing in the previous dynasty 'Why do the Huns not destroy the family? Do you care about your merits, are you determined to fight for the country, destroy Shu and swallow Wu?"

"Hahaha~~Brother Ziyong thinks highly of me!"

Immediately, Xia Houhui was full of joy, and humbly said again and again, "I am a mediocre person, how dare I compare myself to the champion Hou in the past? I don't want to start a family for the time being. It's because I have little talent and learning. I am afraid that after I get married, I will be addicted to pleasure and no longer have the desire to study. Those who are seven feet tall should seek to make meritorious deeds and repay the emperor Long En'er, why are you looking for a wife!"

"nice!"

Such an answer made Wang Su's eyes flash with strangeness, and he couldn't help clapping his hands in praise, "Zhiquan's words are very kind, and he is worthy of meritorious service!"

He is not acting out of a worldly heart.

Gein, before Xia Houhui was appointed as a servant of Sanqi and a close minister of the emperor, his life experience and life would be examined in detail by the officials one by one, so Wang Su also knew about his early years of studying behind closed doors and diligently learning to bow and horse.

Moreover, after Xiahou Hui was born as a hero, he was born with rich clothes and fine food, and he was able to devote himself to learning at an age of fresh clothes and angry horses, and said that he had the ambition to make contributions, which is naturally believable.

And his praise made Xia Houhui feel that the timing was just right.

Hastily made a few modest words, and begged directly, "Brother Ziyong, I have been in the countryside for many years and I have just entered the palace to work, so I don't know much about the palace taboos. If you don't think I am stupid, please give me some advice. .”

"Hey, you don't need to be polite."

Unexpectedly, for this kind of simple and deep request, Wang Su responded straight away, "Zhenquan may not know, long before you entered the palace to take charge, your brother Boquan told me about this matter."

And after Wang Su softly told the general experience of living in a loose horse, he knew why the other party was so forthright.

I know better that he had taken his career as an official before.
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[Note 1: In the Wei Dynasty, Sanqi Changshi and Shizhong both had the same two thousand stones and the same costumes. The difference is that Shizhong is the left sable gold pen, while Sanqi Changshi is the right sable gold pen.Later in the Western Jin Dynasty, Sima Lun usurped the rebellion and expanded his vassals by hundreds of people. The mink tails adorned official hats were insufficient, so they were replaced by dog ​​tails, hence the allusion of "dog tail continues mink". 】

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